u/Fair_You_8650

Rant incoming

1. I want more dads involved in school activities

2. I'm trying to be the change I want to see

I have many weekdays off, so I try to volunteer in my son's classroom (catholic/2nd grade). It's still early, but I'm the only dad on field trips. I'm the only dad in the classroom. I'm the only dad responding in the group chat.

Tell me why it bugs me so much that the message that goes out today says "we're looking for a few moms to set up decorations Friday morning before church..."

That's cool, when you need someone to reach up high, go grab a stool, there won't be any dads around.

Can't say anything because the ex-wife is the ultimate peace keeper and on a couple committees and helps out a lot herself. We have another 5+yrs with these people so I gotta play nice.

This is how some of us get relegated to sports only activities I guess...

In order to wrap up the season sooner, the league decided this year that the 1st half winner would play the 2nd half winner for the championship.

We won the 1st half at 8-0-1 I think. We had an easy schedule, and not everyone played everyone the same amount of times.

The kids have been told they are in the championship, and we've started changing the lineup and positioning.

A team (#2 in both halves of the season) complained, and now we're doing playoffs (4 or all 8 teams I don't know)

It's kindergarten through 2nd grade, it matters none in the grand scheme of things. Our umps are 13yr old boys who often get told what to do by the head coaches. The kids are over it 5 minutes after the game as long as they get their snack.

I don't think anyone has an issue with this change, except our team, and maybe the #2 team.

/rant